As large solar fields proliferate across America, pushback to them in rural communities is growing, fueled by a mix of disinformation and genuine concern about losing open land to development. The ...

Legislation would create a set of statewide development standards as guidance for localities that have become resistant to ...

Federal agencies that once quietly signed off on wind and solar farms are now at the center of a political fight over the ...

It’s not easy to be a farmer in Virginia. Pests, weather, uncertain markets and access to capital are a perennial problem.

A bill that would set up a framework for siting solar projects that localities could follow and that prohibits the blocking solar projects.

Virginia's Senate passed Senate Bill 347, legislation that creates a framework for how solar projects are evaluated in ...

The Virginia General Assembly is moving forward with sweeping energy legislation that would overhaul the state’s electric ...

Southeast conservative renewables advocacy group Energy Right has found that Virginia voters largely support solar ...

Bills have been introduced in several states to address barriers to renewable energy deployment ahead of upcoming deadlines to qualify for federal tax credits.

While national headlines spotlight federal policy most prominently these days, it seems to me the most critical battleground for solar energy in Virginia is local. Recent federal legislation is ...